Statutory guidance

Reception baseline assessment: assessment and reporting arrangements (ARA)

Arrangements for the statutory reception baseline assessment (RBA).

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Details

This document sets out the statutory assessment and reporting requirements for the RBA.

It applies to the following schools with a reception cohort:

  • maintained schools, including maintained special schools
  • academies, including free schools
  • Ministry of Defence (MoD) schools

This document is for:

  • all staff responsible for administering the RBA
  • headteachers and senior leadership teams
  • governors and trustees

If you still need to administer the RBA to pupils in the academic year 2024 to 2025 – for example, if pupils have joined your school late – please refer to the 2024 RBA ARA.

Updates to this page

Published 1 April 2025

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